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<html> <head> <title>California Institute of the Arts</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> California Institute of the Arts EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION Formed 1961 by the merger of the Chouinard Art Institute (1921) and the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music (1883). The merger was conducted under the funding and coordination of <a href="/people/089/000027008/">Walt Disney</a> with his brother <a href="/people/302/000111966/">Roy O. Disney</a>. Location: <a href="/geo/730/000124358/" class=proflink>Valencia, CA</a> Founding Date: 1961Enrollment: 787Official Website: <a href="http://www.calarts.com/">http://www.calarts.com/</a>STUDENTS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_student"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/824/000369714/">John Baldessari</a></td> <td><center>Artist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jun-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>American conceptual artist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/588/000084336/">Brad Bird</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Sep-1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Iron Giant</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/559/000132163/">Jesse Borrego</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Aug-1962</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Gael Ortega on 24</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/838/000345800/">Alison Brie</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Dec-1982</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Annie Edison on Community</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/546/000022480/">Tim Burton</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Aug-1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Nightmare Before Christmas</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/776/000160296/">Merritt Butrick</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Sep-1959</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Mar-1989</tt></td> <td>Johnny Slash on Square Pegs</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/984/000025909/">Don Cheadle</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Nov-1964</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Boogie Nights</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/405/000041282/">Sofia Coppola</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-May-1971</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Lost in Translation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/424/000346383/">Eliza Coupe</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Apr-1983</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Jane Kerkovich-Williams on Happy Endings</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/541/000350488/">Richard Cromwell</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jan-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Oct-1960</tt></td> <td>The Lives of a Bengal Lancer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/379/000282530/">Michael Cudlitz</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Dec-1964</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>John Cooper on Southland</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/979/000110649/">Eldon Dedini</a></td> <td><center>Cartoonist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jun-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jan-2006</tt></td> <td>Playboy, New Yorker cartoonist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/216/000204601/">Kirby Dick</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Aug-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>This Film Is Not Yet Rated</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/858/000073639/">Gail Ann Dorsey</a></td> <td><center>Bassist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Nov-1962</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Bowie bassist and solo artist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/811/000257040/">Llyn Foulkes</a></td> <td><center>Painter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Assemblage artist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/128/000130735/">Paul Frees</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jun-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Nov-1986</tt></td> <td>The Man of a Thousand Voices</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/854/000374729/">Thor Freudenthal</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Oct-1972</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Diary of a Wimpy Kid</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/975/000137564/">Dan Gorlin</a></td> <td><center>Computer Programmer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Choplifter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/107/000025032/">Ed Harris</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Nov-1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Rock</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/246/000025171/">David Hasselhoff</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jul-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Knight Rider, Baywatch</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/597/000026519/">Stephen Hillenburg</a></td> <td><center>Cartoonist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Aug-1961</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Creator of SpongeBob SquarePants</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/833/000353771/">Simbi Khali</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Apr-1971</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Nina Campbell on 3rd Rock from the Sun</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/935/000030845/">Mark Tapio Kines</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Apr-1970</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Foreign Correspondents</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/880/000174358/">John Lasseter</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jan-1957</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Toy Story</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/103/000131707/">Chris Lemmon</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jun-1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Son of Jack Lemmon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/892/000174370/">Kevin Lima</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1962</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Enchanted</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/174/000024102/">Bob Mackie</a></td> <td><center>Fashion Designer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Mar-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Sultan of Sequins</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/463/000163971/">James Mangold</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Dec-1963</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Walk the Line</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/824/000174302/">John Musker</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Nov-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Aladdin</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/150/000174625/">Patrick Nagel</a></td> <td><center>Artist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Nov-1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Feb-1984</tt></td> <td>The Nagel Woman</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/214/000025139/">Laraine Newman</a></td> <td><center>Comic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Mar-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Original member of Saturday Night Live</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/974/000113635/">Dana Reeve</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Mar-1961</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Mar-2006</tt></td> <td>Christopher Reeve Foundation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/339/000078105/">Wolfgang Reitherman</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jun-1909</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-May-1985</tt></td> <td>Jungle Book</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/251/000025176/">Paul Reubens</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Aug-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Pee-wee Herman</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/003/000024928/">Michael Richards</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jul-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Cosmo Kramer on Seinfeld</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/968/000051815/">Edward Ruscha</a></td> <td><center>Painter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Dec-1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Twenty-six Gasoline Stations</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/585/000055420/">Douglas Rushkoff</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Feb-1961</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Cyberculture analyst</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/495/000044363/">Katey Sagal</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jan-1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Peg Bundy on Married With Children</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/732/000174210/">Henry Selick</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Nov-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Nightmare Before Christmas</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/247/000401041/">Cecily Strong</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Feb-1984</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Saturday Night Live</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/203/000172684/">Ann Telnaes</a></td> <td><center>Cartoonist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1960</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Political cartoonist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/591/000348544/">Geoffrey Thorne</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>?</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Wilson Sweet on In the Heat of the Night</td> </tr> </table> TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_teacher"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/824/000369714/">John Baldessari</a></td> <td><center>Artist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jun-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>American conceptual artist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/837/000079600/">Kathryn Bigelow</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Nov-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Hurt Locker</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/738/000113399/">Harold Budd</a></td> <td><center>Electronic Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-May-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Ambient composer, Eno collaborator</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/414/000138000/">Mark Harris</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Nov-1922</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-May-2007</tt></td> <td>Bang the Drum Slowly</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/713/000174191/">Monte Hellman</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jul-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Two-Lane Blacktop</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/597/000045462/">Alexander Mackendrick</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Sep-1912</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Dec-1993</tt></td> <td>The Sweet Smell of Success</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/579/000118225/">Morton Subotnick</a></td> <td><center>Electronic Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Apr-1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Silver Apples of the Moon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/102/000065904/">James Tenney</a></td> <td><center>Composer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Aug-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Aug-2006</tt></td> <td>A History of 'Consonance' and 'Dissonance'</td> </tr> </table> ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_administrator"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/386/000172867/">Frank E. Baxter</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Jefferies & Company, 1987-2000</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/344/000178807/">Don Buchla</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Apr-1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Sep-2016</tt></td> <td>Modular synthesizer designer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/984/000025909/">Don Cheadle</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Nov-1964</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Boogie Nights</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/319/000023250/">Roy E. Disney</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jan-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Dec-2009</tt></td> <td>Walt Disney's nephew</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/392/000024320/">Michael Eisner</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Mar-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Disney, 1984-2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/840/000044708/">Jeffrey Katzenberg</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Dec-1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Produced Shrek</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/205/000174680/">Sanford M. Litvack</a></td> <td><center>Attorney</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>General Counsel of Disney, 1991-98</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/904/000094622/">Donald Marron</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jul-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>PaineWebber CEO</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/704/000030614/">Peter Norton</a></td> <td><center>Computer Programmer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Nov-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Retired computer utilities programmer</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=68587" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2016 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/522/000000522/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/522/522/s522.jpg" width=128> Governors of Texas</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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